![]() ![]() Several new selections in this part of the book also highlight important international development trends in the Middle East and China. ![]() Ideas about sprawl, density, community health, public space and everyday life are the primary focus here. The fourth part of the Reader explores key issues in urban design and development. These selections are largely describing the outcomes of mid-century urban design and voicing concerns over the placeless quality of contemporary urbanism. The authors in Part Three provide a range of urban design rationales and strategies for reinforcing local physical identity and the creation of memorable places. These authors present a critical reading of the design professions and offer an alternative urban design agenda focused on vital and lively places. Part Two introduces the voices and ideas that were instrumental in establishing the foundations of the urban design field from the late 1950s up to the mid-1990s. The reader is initially introduced to those classic writings that provide the historical precedents for city-making into the twentieth century. ![]() Following the widespread success of the first edition of The Urban Design Reader, this updated edition continues to provide the most important historical material of the urban design field, but also introduces new topics and selections that address the myriad challenges facing designers today.The six part structure of the second edition guides the reader through the history, theory and practice of urban design. bs to more recent writings by Waldheim, Koolhaas, and Sorkin. Nearly 50 generous selections include seminal contributions from Howard, Le Corbusier, Lynch, and Jaco. The second edition of The Urban Design Reader draws together the very best of classic and contemporary writings to illuminate and expand the theory and practice of urban design. The Urban Design Reader (Hardback, 2nd edition)Įdited by Larice, Michael MacDonald, Elizabeth Series edited by LeGates, Richard T. ![]()
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